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24/7 Real Sports TalkWed, 25 Feb 2015 17:04:17 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2By: Steven Keyshttp://www.prosportsblogging.com/2010/11/22/why-you-dont-bench-brett-favre/comment-page-1/#comment-13203
Steven KeysTue, 23 Nov 2010 17:37:05 +0000http://prosportsblogging.com/?p=30112#comment-13203No subject gets Packers’ fans stirred-up like Brett Favre.
Chris: 300 pound Ruth, old-timers games, rocking chairs, I don’t know where you’re coming from? The Babe put on quite a show his last game. I think all three homers left the ballpark. As for Johnny U: in my world, it’s not all about fantasy numbers.
Adrian: Brett’s been “washed up…the past five years,” but he “had a great year last year.” I don’t understand your point.
Greg: Who put the straw up your ass? You gotta’ calm yourself down before you write.
“This team made it nearly as far without Favre in 2008”: That was the season Gus Ferrotte got the Vikes back on track and Jackson & Company got embarrassed in a first-round playoff lose at home to a so-so Eagles’ squad. Yeah, real impressive Greg.
“This defense under Frazier can be solid:” “can” be solid? Frazier’s been the DC in Minnesota for three seasons.No subject gets Packers’ fans stirred-up like Brett Favre.

Chris: 300 pound Ruth, old-timers games, rocking chairs, I don’t know where you’re coming from? The Babe put on quite a show his last game. I think all three homers left the ballpark. As for Johnny U: in my world, it’s not all about fantasy numbers.

Adrian: Brett’s been “washed up…the past five years,” but he “had a great year last year.” I don’t understand your point.

Greg: Who put the straw up your ass? You gotta’ calm yourself down before you write.

“This team made it nearly as far without Favre in 2008”: That was the season Gus Ferrotte got the Vikes back on track and Jackson & Company got embarrassed in a first-round playoff lose at home to a so-so Eagles’ squad. Yeah, real impressive Greg.

“This defense under Frazier can be solid:” “can” be solid? Frazier’s been the DC in Minnesota for three seasons.

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GregTue, 23 Nov 2010 01:17:23 +0000http://prosportsblogging.com/?p=30112#comment-13185The author says it plainly:
"Four reasons why (health permitting and no action by Roger Goodell) Brett Favre should remain the Vikings’ starter the rest of the 2010 season:"
Hold on, that's 2 reasons NOT to have Favre remain the starter. Moving on:
3. The team is 3-7
4. Favre has thrown like 20 INT
5. Favre is 42 and will be lucky if the team doesn't force him to retire - Swan Song season for a reason!
6. Favre is going to get killed if he keeps playing and the Vikings seem to be fine with that possible outcome
7. Favre is the straw? My ass. Childress is gone and this should be a team featuring Adrian Peterson, Jared Allen and guys who will be here next year - not some guy who will be shooting John Deere commercials in Dumb Prick, Mississippi
8. Patience is not a virtue in the NFL. Favre has played 20 years. If they're waiting for him to get better at age 42 ten they're even more foolish than Brad Childress. Favre may still be with the team for now but Tavaris Jackson should be the starter.
9. Brad Childress will be lucky if his wife allows him to be the Head Coach of the remote control - let alone coach again in the NFL. This guy has proven what a yutz he truly is
10. Trench doldrums? Don't even know where this comes from. There is no malaise or mayonnaise, this team is simply not very good. Injuries to most of the skill players, a fragile QB, an inexperienced backup and wasting a talent like AP... This team made it nearly as far without Favre in 2008 as it did with Favre in 2009 - and that was with Jackson at QB and focusing the offense on AP and the young corps of receivers. This defense under Frazier can be solid. Frazier can't right this ship for 2010 but hopefully he can point them in the right direction for 2011.The author says it plainly:

“Four reasons why (health permitting and no action by Roger Goodell) Brett Favre should remain the Vikings’ starter the rest of the 2010 season:”

Hold on, that’s 2 reasons NOT to have Favre remain the starter. Moving on:
3. The team is 3-7
4. Favre has thrown like 20 INT
5. Favre is 42 and will be lucky if the team doesn’t force him to retire – Swan Song season for a reason!
6. Favre is going to get killed if he keeps playing and the Vikings seem to be fine with that possible outcome
7. Favre is the straw? My ass. Childress is gone and this should be a team featuring Adrian Peterson, Jared Allen and guys who will be here next year – not some guy who will be shooting John Deere commercials in Dumb Prick, Mississippi
8. Patience is not a virtue in the NFL. Favre has played 20 years. If they’re waiting for him to get better at age 42 ten they’re even more foolish than Brad Childress. Favre may still be with the team for now but Tavaris Jackson should be the starter.
9. Brad Childress will be lucky if his wife allows him to be the Head Coach of the remote control – let alone coach again in the NFL. This guy has proven what a yutz he truly is
10. Trench doldrums? Don’t even know where this comes from. There is no malaise or mayonnaise, this team is simply not very good. Injuries to most of the skill players, a fragile QB, an inexperienced backup and wasting a talent like AP… This team made it nearly as far without Favre in 2008 as it did with Favre in 2009 – and that was with Jackson at QB and focusing the offense on AP and the young corps of receivers. This defense under Frazier can be solid. Frazier can’t right this ship for 2010 but hopefully he can point them in the right direction for 2011.

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Adrian FedkiwMon, 22 Nov 2010 22:26:41 +0000http://prosportsblogging.com/?p=30112#comment-13180So Brett Favre is more important than the Vikings franchise? Cmon now.
He's washed up, and has been for the past 5 years. Yeah, he had a great year last year, but for the most part he throws the ball to the other team more than his own. He has to go down as one of the most overrated players in NFL history.So Brett Favre is more important than the Vikings franchise? Cmon now.
He’s washed up, and has been for the past 5 years. Yeah, he had a great year last year, but for the most part he throws the ball to the other team more than his own. He has to go down as one of the most overrated players in NFL history.
]]>By: Christopher Rowehttp://www.prosportsblogging.com/2010/11/22/why-you-dont-bench-brett-favre/comment-page-1/#comment-13175
Christopher RoweMon, 22 Nov 2010 20:03:56 +0000http://prosportsblogging.com/?p=30112#comment-13175it ain't over until... whoops it's over http://prosportsblogging.com/nfl-football/favres-legacy-outlasted/it ain’t over until… whoops it’s over http://prosportsblogging.com/nfl-football/favres-legacy-outlasted/
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Christopher RoweMon, 22 Nov 2010 17:05:58 +0000http://prosportsblogging.com/?p=30112#comment-13166Would you really want to see Babe Ruth weighing 300 pounds and struggling to GET to first base when he doesn't hit a home run - or corkscrew himself into the ground swinging and missing wildly at a mediocre curveball? Would you pay money to see him use his bat as a cane to hold himself up?
Would you want to see over-the-hill Johnny Unitas a once great field general, struggling to make reads downfield or escape from a much faster pass rush?
Would you like to see 70-year-old Gordie Howe struggle to skate around the rink just to say you saw him skate?
Would you really rather go to a Yankees Old-Timers Game to see Yogi Berra and Whitey Ford and Goose Gossage playing slow-pitch softball?
I for one would rather watch old film of Michael Jordan or Johnny Unitas or Wayne Gretzky when they were on top of their game. I'd rather watch a film of the 1975 World Series than see Ted Williams in a golf cart parading around Fenway Park. Who wants to see a bunch of overweight, turkey-necked octogenarians wave to the crowd wearing their old jerseys over hospital gowns. NFL Films and MLB Network and NFL Network offer us Willie Mays or Dwight Clark making The Catch in their heyday, not some Washington Generals exhibitionary reenactment. The memories are entrenched in the moment, in their time... where they belong. Admire the achievement, respect the man, but don't look to embarrass Yogi Berra at age 80 by making him squat behind the plate!
Brett Favre has been a huge part of the tapestry of the NFL for 20 years, but Aaron Rodgers now looks a lot more like the Favre we remember than the Favre we see. That doesn't take anything away from his accomplishments nor does it diminish those memories. Sport is something we all love, perhaps because it is fleeting and in a constant state of change; perhaps because the Game remains essentially the same but every individual game is entirely unique and unpredictable.
Favre will retire but the NFL doesn't afford the option of a Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Farewell Tour with Rocking Chairs and denture cream and ceremonies at every venue. Football, like hockey is a sport for the young and there is no place on the field for anyone who is not operating at 100%. Injuries happen to the young and healthy but it is irresponsible to put someone like Favre on the field. He could be injured permanently and at what cost? The Vikings are going nowhere. Favre simply can't take this team to the promised land. The franchise need to know what Tavaris Jackson can do and they are painfully aware of what Brett Favre cannot do.
If you respect the memory and legacy of Brett Favre then you have to let him fade into the sunset. If you love someone, set them free. All that is to be gained by leaving Favre out there is to get him hurt, to denigrate his legacy and to wind up carrying him off the field rather than let him leave on his own.Would you really want to see Babe Ruth weighing 300 pounds and struggling to GET to first base when he doesn’t hit a home run – or corkscrew himself into the ground swinging and missing wildly at a mediocre curveball? Would you pay money to see him use his bat as a cane to hold himself up?
Would you want to see over-the-hill Johnny Unitas a once great field general, struggling to make reads downfield or escape from a much faster pass rush?
Would you like to see 70-year-old Gordie Howe struggle to skate around the rink just to say you saw him skate?
Would you really rather go to a Yankees Old-Timers Game to see Yogi Berra and Whitey Ford and Goose Gossage playing slow-pitch softball?

I for one would rather watch old film of Michael Jordan or Johnny Unitas or Wayne Gretzky when they were on top of their game. I’d rather watch a film of the 1975 World Series than see Ted Williams in a golf cart parading around Fenway Park. Who wants to see a bunch of overweight, turkey-necked octogenarians wave to the crowd wearing their old jerseys over hospital gowns. NFL Films and MLB Network and NFL Network offer us Willie Mays or Dwight Clark making The Catch in their heyday, not some Washington Generals exhibitionary reenactment. The memories are entrenched in the moment, in their time… where they belong. Admire the achievement, respect the man, but don’t look to embarrass Yogi Berra at age 80 by making him squat behind the plate!

Brett Favre has been a huge part of the tapestry of the NFL for 20 years, but Aaron Rodgers now looks a lot more like the Favre we remember than the Favre we see. That doesn’t take anything away from his accomplishments nor does it diminish those memories. Sport is something we all love, perhaps because it is fleeting and in a constant state of change; perhaps because the Game remains essentially the same but every individual game is entirely unique and unpredictable.
Favre will retire but the NFL doesn’t afford the option of a Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Farewell Tour with Rocking Chairs and denture cream and ceremonies at every venue. Football, like hockey is a sport for the young and there is no place on the field for anyone who is not operating at 100%. Injuries happen to the young and healthy but it is irresponsible to put someone like Favre on the field. He could be injured permanently and at what cost? The Vikings are going nowhere. Favre simply can’t take this team to the promised land. The franchise need to know what Tavaris Jackson can do and they are painfully aware of what Brett Favre cannot do.
If you respect the memory and legacy of Brett Favre then you have to let him fade into the sunset. If you love someone, set them free. All that is to be gained by leaving Favre out there is to get him hurt, to denigrate his legacy and to wind up carrying him off the field rather than let him leave on his own.